Climate Rights International
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Protecting the Rights of People and Communities in the Era of Climate Change Learn more about our work at https://cri.org/.
Around the world, governments are tightening rules on methane pollution. The U.S. is moving in the opposite direction. Our new Substack examines proposed rollbacks to federal methane waste rules and what they could mean for communities, taxpayers, and the climate. substack.com/@climaterigh...
Methane Is a Major Source of Emissions—and the U.S. Is Making It Easier to Pollute
By Sarah Sax
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A new offshore oil and gas boom is unfolding across Africa. Governments promise development, but coastal communities are already paying the price through lost fishing grounds, pollution, and growing climate risks. climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/new-oil-pr...
New Oil Producers, Old Dilemmas: Sub-Saharan Africa's Offshore Oil Bet Risks Coastal Communities and Climate Goals
By Fabien Offner
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Chinese Government Ecological “Inspection Tour” Will Hear Few Critical Voices open.substack.com/pub/climater...
Chinese Government Ecological “Inspection Tour” Will Hear Few Critical Voices
By Sophie Richardson
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This World Cup has been marked by extreme heat, canceled public events, and the threat of wildfire smoke. Yet, at the same time, FIFA has continued to showcase one of the world's largest fossil fuel companies as a global partner. climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/the-world-...
The World Cup Is Choking on Its Sponsor’s Emissions
By Felix Horne
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New CRI Report! The European Commission's decision to exclude leather from the EU Deforestation Regulation is a setback. But this exclusion isn’t final — and even if it goes through, European companies sourcing leather from places like Brazil are not off the hook. 🧵
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is 80% complete—but a new UK lawsuit aims to stop it before it begins operating. The case could redefine accountability for UK companies whose overseas projects fuel climate change and human rights abuses. climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/turning-to...
Turning to UK Courts to Stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
By Linda Lakhdhir
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The global race for critical minerals is reaching Madagascar. A proposed U.S.-backed rare earth mining project has sparked years of protests, allegations of human rights abuses, and fears for one of the world's most unique ecosystems. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Madagascar: Feared Rare Earths Project in Limbo
By Fabien Offner
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As Europe faces another wave of extreme heat, many are experiencing firsthand what it means to work, commute, and simply exist in dangerous temperatures. But for millions of workers around the world, this isn't an exceptional event—it's everyday reality. cri.org/reports/my-b...
“My Body Is Burning”: Extreme Heat and Labor Rights in Bangladesh
Summers in Dhaka are unforgiving. Smog and dust cloud the sky, veiling the city in a muted haze. Hot air radiates off a canopy of tightly packed metal rooftops. The humidity is suffocating. Water, gas...
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Is Climate Justice Starting to Catch Up With Big Polluters? Three cases, three countries, three legal theories—and they may soon collide open.substack.com/pub/climater...
Is Climate Justice Starting to Catch Up With Big Polluters? Three cases, three countries, three legal theories—and they may soon collide
By Lotte Leicht
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Final reminder, tomorrow at #LCAW2026, join us for a timely discussion on climate action, protest rights, and the growing criminalization of dissent across the UK, Europe, and the United States. 📅 June 26, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 Doughty Street Chambers, London Register here: luma.com/gkybf1kd
Silencing Dissent: The Criminalization of Climate Protest · Luma
The urgency of the climate crisis, and growing frustration with the failure of their governments to act, are driving many to use protest to press for necessary…
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This week, 50+ environmental and food groups urged the largest U.S. grocery chains to stop selling avocados linked to deforestation. The ask is concrete. They should only source from packinghouses with PFA certification through Guardián Forestal's monitoring system. 🧵
Join us at London Climate Action Week for a discussion on climate action, protest rights, and the criminalization of dissent in the UK, Europe, and the United States. Register here: luma.com/gkybf1kd 📅 June 26, 10:30 am–12 pm 📍 Doughty Street Chambers, London #LCAW2026 @hrw.org
The World Cup should celebrate human achievement—not serve as a marketing platform for the fossil fuel industry. Fossil fuel companies are using football to normalize the products driving climate change and deadly air pollution. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The World Cup Shouldn’t Be Selling Fossil Fuels to Our Children
By Felix Horne
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Join us at #LCAW2026 for "Building Resilience, Improving Gender Equity: Scaling Equitable, Community-Owned Climate Action," a panel discussion with CRI Founder Brad Adams, on how community-led approaches can help build more inclusive and effective responses to climate change. @lshtm.bsky.social
Join us during #LCAW2026 for a panel in collaboration with Human Rights Watch on the growing tensions between climate action, protest rights & the criminalization of dissent across the UK and Europe. 📅 Friday, June 26, 10:30 am- 12 pm Register here: luma.com/gkybf1kd @humanrightswatch.bsky.social
🌎How can community-led climate action strengthen resilience, improve health & advance gender equity? Join us during #LondonClimateActionWeek to hear from CRI Brad Adams & experts from research, policy & practice exploring inclusive approaches to climate action. 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Building resilience, improving gender equity: Scaling equitable, community-owned
Climate change exacerbates global inequities, particularly for women. Join us at LSHTM during London Climate Action Week for an interactive event with leading voices in research and implementation
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We join 70+ organizations worldwide calling on Cambodia‘s Prime Minister Hun Manet to urgently release five imprisoned environmental defenders of Mother Nature Cambodia. Environmental activism is not a crime. #FreeMNC5 cri.org/urgent-appea...
Urgent Appeal to Free the Five Imprisoned Mother Nature Cambodia Activists
We are deeply concerned about the five young human rights defenders of Mother Nature Cambodia (MNC) – Long Kunthea, Yim Leanghy, Thun Ratha, Phuon Keoraksmey, and Ly Chandaravuth (MNC5) – convicted in...
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Join us at #LCAW for a panel on protest rights, climate action, and the criminalization of dissent across the UK and Europe. As climate urgency grows, peaceful protest is increasingly restricted — raising urgent questions about democracy and climate justice. Register here: luma.com/gkybf1kd
Migrant workers face growing climate risks. In a study by BMJ Public Health, CRI's Brad Adams and Cara Schulte, with researchers at LSHTM, find that efforts to protect these workers from climate-related health harms fall short of what's needed: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/health-sec...
Health Sector Underprepared to Protect Migrant Workers from Climate Risks
By Cara Schulte
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New research from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights examines how rising temperatures are affecting garment workers and factory operations across India's major apparel manufacturing hubs. Extreme heat in global supply chains is a present reality. bhr.stern.nyu.edu/publication/...
NYU Stern Center for Business & Human RightsToo Hot to Ignore: Extreme Heat in Garment Supply Chains
Extreme heat is already disrupting garment factories across South and Southeast Asia, and in a new report drawing on field research across India, we find that most global brands have failed to act, po...
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Fossil fuel dependence leaves countries vulnerable to political pressure because energy can be controlled or cut off during crises. Renewables are more stable, local, and harder to weaponize. Read more about it in our Substack: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/fossil-fue...
Fossil Fuels Keep the World Vulnerable—No Matter the Supplier
By Felix Horne
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France could reopen its overseas territories to new oil and gas exploration, despite its international climate commitments. “French lawmakers should be providing leadership on climate action, not reversing it,” said CRI researcher @Fabien Offner. cri.org/france-rejec...
France: Reject New Oil and Gas Exploration in Overseas Territories
French lawmakers should reject any attempt to authorize the resumption of exploration and extraction of oil and gas in France’s overseas territories, where new fossil fuel exploration permits have bee...
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#WorldOceansDay is a reminder that the world’s waters are under pressure, not only the open oceans, but also inland seas like the Caspian Sea, which is shrinking at alarming speed as oil and gas extraction intensifies. Read more about it in our Substack: substack.com/@climaterigh...
The Caspian Sea is Vanishing Due to Climate Change
By Fabien Offner
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🌍 On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we’re reminded that climate action is a human rights issue. At Climate Rights International, we stand with climate defenders and call for urgent, rights-based climate action that protects both people and planet.
Uganda’s Protection of Sovereignty Act risks criminalizing legitimate environmental and human rights advocacy through vague provisions that criminalize promoting "foreign interests" over national interests. cri.org/uganda-draco...
Uganda: Draconian Law Threatens Climate and Environmental Defenders
Uganda's newly gazetted “The Protection of Sovereignty Act” is aimed at limiting the activities and voices of environmental defenders, climate activists, and other civil society organizations, Climate...
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Extreme heat is a human rights crisis. Millions lack access to cooling, safe work, and basic protections as temperatures rise. Read our comprehensive report on heat and human rights to learn more: cri.org/reports/i-ca... #HeatActionDay
'I Can't Cool': Extreme Heat and Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change
The acceleration of global warming has resulted in rising temperatures and an unprecedented frequency, intensity, and duration of heat waves worldwide, creating a human rights crisis that all levels o...
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Extreme heat is a human rights crisis. In Dhaka, CRI researcher Cara Schulte documented workers facing dangerous heat on the job. No one should have to choose between health and survival. #HeatActionDay substack.com/@climaterigh...
I’ve Met the Workers Who Make Your Clothes. The Climate Crisis is Slowly Killing Them.
By Cara Schulte
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Across France, the UK, and Spain, record-breaking heat is pushing temperatures to mid-summer levels. Climate change is making extreme heat more frequent and more intense, driven by continued fossil fuel use.
A pathway to just trade. Critical minerals are essential to the energy transition. But the UK must secure them without repeating the extractive harms of the past. Read the report by @tradejusticemov.bsky.social tjm.org.uk/uk-must-avoi...
UK must avoid repeating past extractive harms in race for critical minerals, report warns - Trade Justice Movement
Critical minerals are central to the UK’s energy transition, industrial strategy and economic security. The UK government intends to secure increased access to minerals through new trade agreements. T...
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The Brazilian film MANAS opens this weekend at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social — and two CRI colleagues moderate the Q&As with director Marianna Brennand. Fri 5/22: @sarahlsax.bsky.social (sold out, standby line) Sat 5/23: @rodrigobrandao.bsky.social — tickets available filmforum.org/film/manas
Film Forum · MANAS
MANAS Opens Friday, May 22
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Sarah Sax@sarahlsax.bsky.social · 2mo agoHonored to be leading a Q&A with director Marianna Brennand about her new film "Manas," a devastating but necessary story about the sexual exploitation of girls in the Amazon. Protecting young women from abuse is a human rights issue. It's time we treated it like one. filmforum.org/events/event...